The 28 August election of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) leader Baburam Bhattarai as the country's new prime minister led to a flicker of hope among a
California-based Jeff Greenwald is the author of six travel books, several of which were written in Southasia. His best-known titles include Shopping for Buddhas, The Size of the World (for
Ben Campbell is an anthropologist with the University of Durham and a longtime visitor to Nepal. In 2007, he spent time talking with and filming villagers living in the harsh
Common property resource (CPR) management has long been a significant arrangement in many parts of rural Southasia, playing an important economic and environmental role at the grassroots. The importance of